John 1:27 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
[even ]he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He is the One who comes after me, who is preferred before me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
[even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
LSV Literal Standard Version
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the strap of His sandal.”
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes' latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He is the one who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
he it is that cometh after me whiche was before me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to vnlose.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'
FBV Free Bible Version
He is coming after me, but I am not even worthy to untie his sandals.”
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Este es el que ha de venir en pos de mí, que ha sido engendrado antes de mí: del qual yo no soy digno de desatar la correa del zapato.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Este es el que ha de venir tras mí, el cual es antes de mí: del cual yo no soy digno de desatar la correa del zapato.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
que viene después de mí. A él, yo ni siquiera merezco desatarle la correa de las sandalias.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
el que viene después de mí, de Quien no soy digno de desatar la correa de su sandalia.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Él viene después de mí, pero yo ni siquiera soy digno de desabrochar sus sandalias”.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Él es el que viene después de mí. Yo no soy digno de desatar la correa de sus sandalias.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος, ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, οὗ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
αυτος εστιν ο οπισω μου ερχομενος, ος εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν, ου εγω ουκ ειμι αξιος ινα λυσω αυτου τον ιμαντα του υποδηματος.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος, ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν· οὗ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
αυτοσ εστιν ο οπισω μου ερχομενοσ οσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν ου εγω ουκ ειμι αξιοσ ινα λυσω αυτου τον ιμαντα του υποδηματοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸀ὁ ὀπίσω μου ⸀ἐρχόμενος οὗ ⸂οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Ipse est qui post me venturus est, qui ante me factus est: cujus ego non sum dignus ut solvam ejus corrigiam calceamenti.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
то́й є҆́сть грѧды́й по мнѣ̀, и҆́же предо мно́ю бы́сть, є҆мꙋ́же нѣ́смь а҆́зъ досто́инъ, да ѿрѣшꙋ̀ реме́нь сапогꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Он-то Идущий за мною, но Который стал впереди меня. Я недостоин развязать ремень у обуви Его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
αυτός είναι ο οπίσω μου ερχόμενος, όστις είναι ανώτερός μου, του οποίου εγώ δεν είμαι άξιος να λύσω το λωρίον του υποδήματος αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Он је Онај што ће доћи за мном, који беше преда мном; коме ја нисам достојан одрешити ремен на обући Његовој.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
On je Onaj što će doći za mnom, koji beše preda mnom; kome ja nisam dostojan odrešiti remen na obući Njegovoj.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي بَعْدِي، ٱلَّذِي صَارَ قُدَّامِي، ٱلَّذِي لَسْتُ بِمُسْتَحِقٍّ أَنْ أَحُلَّ سُيُورَ حِذَائِهِ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC